Marjolein van Rest

Marjolein focuses on preventing and settling national and international disputes within and between companies and/or joint ventures (corporate and commercial dispute resolution). This covers disputes within companies (internal conflicts between shareholders/directors) as well as directors’ and officers’ liability, takeover disputes and trade disputes.

Marjolein is a litigation expert: she has extensive experience conducting proceedings before the Netherlands Enterprise Chamber, in provisional relief proceedings and national and international arbitration proceedings. Her approach is characterised by consistently setting out a clear and pragmatic (procedural) strategy in consultation with her clients.

Clients say about Marjolein:

“Marjolein van Rest is dedicated and highly motivated to represent and help us on the case. The time and effort is never too much or too difficult for her. The sense of humour and team spirit help a lot along the way.” – Legal 500, 2024

“Marjolein van Rest is sharp and skilled, quick and patient at the same time. Keeps on to her strategy, but flexible when necessary.” – Legal 500, 2023

Marjolein joined VANEPS in 2025 at the start of the new Amsterdam office. Before joining VANEPS, she was a partner and co-head of the Corporate, Commercial and Financial Litigation department of BarentsKrans.

Work highlights include:

• Assisting the founder of a major restaurant chain in a post M&A dispute with a large private equity firm.
• Assisting a Dutch NGO in internal and international investigations regarding allegations of fraud and corruption in South-Central Asia and the relationship with its major funder.
• Assisting a Dutch privately owned corporate as lead counsel in proceedings in three jurisdictions against a former CEO and minority shareholder. The proceedings in the Netherlands included proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber and separate proceedings regarding the annulment of a shareholders resolution.
• Assisting a foreign company in a joint venture dispute regarding one of the largest construction projects of an Eastern European country in ICC arbitration proceedings.
• Assisting one of the largest telecom providers of the Netherlands in arbitration proceedings before the NAI regarding an earn-out.
• Assisting the cooperative of medical specialists of one of the major hospitals in the Netherlands in the demerger process with two other hospitals and all stakeholders such as insurers, banks, patient counsels and other cooperatives involved.
• Assisting a medical specialist in a dispute with its fellow shareholders and a hospital resulting in interim relief proceedings, inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber and proceedings regarding the forced takeover of shares.
• Assisting a professional representative in interim relief proceedings against the so-called serial sperm donor.

Related activities

• She is the author of a handbook on inquiry proceedings before the Enterprise Chamber (Enquêterecht, Ars Aequi libri, 2024) and co-author of Sdu commentaar Burgerlijk procesrecht (written commentary on the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure);
• Member of the Litigation Commission of the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA);
• Member of the Private Law Book Publishing Editorial Board of Ars Aequi;
• Member of the Corporate Litigation Association (Vereniging Corporate Litigation);

The Netherlands Bar Registry

Marjolein has registered the following principal legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister): Corporate Law & Civil Procedural Law.

Based on this registration, she is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.